The Community Foundation for Crawford County recently awarded over $20,000 in competitive grants to local charitable organizations and schools during their second granting cycle of 2018.
Community grants went to the following:
• St. Joseph Parish Church/Teen Zone — $2,500 towards after school program maintenance costs
• Friends of the Crawford Park District - $500 towards brochures promoting the Lowe-Volk Astronomy Club
• Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio - $9,945 for program implementation for Crawford County students
• Crawford County Council on Aging - $1,970 towards phase loss monitoring control system and an alarm system for the Nutrition Building
• Crawford County Arts Council - $5,165 for a free summer art program for Crawford County’s youth
That brings the total awarded in community grants this year to over $275,000. The next grant cycle deadline is August 31, 2018 with grants to be awarded in November.
